Josef Kareis (14 February 1837 – 12 May 1913) was an

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electrical engineer and politician.

Biography

Kareis was born into a

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family in Semice,

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, and studied engineering at the Prague Polytechnical Institute. From 1858 till 1896 he was in the service of the state, first in the department for triangular survey in

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and

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until 1863, and thereafter as a

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operator in various provinces across Austria. When

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first became known, Kareis devoted himself to its study, and from 1883 to 1896 edited the ''Zeitschrift für Elektrotechnik''. He also wrote several treatises on the subject, founded the Elektrotechnische Verein in

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, and busied himself with many undertakings along this line. He represented his native country in 1883 as secretary of the in Vienna, and in 1889 as vice-president of the International Electrotechnical Congress in Paris. From 1890 to 1896 Kareis represented

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in the

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. In the 1897 legislative election he was elected delegate from the same district to the Reichsrath, which position he held until 1900.

References

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